- to renounce the dark and seek the light; to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
- lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end
- to invite trouble
- (chicken) egg; hen's egg; CL:個|个[ge4],打[da2]
- to accept surrender
- the final years (of a regime)
- military clique; junta; warlord
- to rebel; to revolt
- (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury
- stratagem
- lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom); fig. to be practical and realistic
- natural instincts; nature; inherent quality
- bright; clear; obvious; forthright; open-minded; bright and cheerful
- to wail at a funeral; formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
- wantonly; recklessly; willfully
- sleep (dried mucus in the corner of the eye)
- to advance singing loudly (idiom); triumphant progress
- with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support)
- to shrink back; to cower
- to award; to confer
- to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra); CL:個|个[ge4]
- crimson
- silk (cloth)
- (bound form) to raid; to attack; (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate; (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding
- polite term for old woman or man
- to drown
- son's son's wife; grandson's wife
- primary wife
- soldier; large army; powerful army; (old) large-scale war
- to panic; to be alarmed
- to direct; director (film etc)
- to write a play; scenario; dramatist; screenwriter
- script; screenplay; scenario; libretto
- 搜 sōu: 搜 sou1: to search搜 sōu: 搜 sou1: (bound form) to collect; to gather